Search for first Americans to plunge underwater (FL)

James Adovasio's latest archaeological expedition to find the first
Americans will require little digging.

Still, the Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute director will have to reach
depths of several hundred feet.

Adovasio plans to co-lead a two-week expedition in the Gulf of Mexico at
the end of the month to look for evidence of early American Indians along
the ancient coast of Florida, now about 300 feet underwater, Mercyhurst
College in Erie announced Monday.

"We have these little hints ... that there are potentially early sites off
the coast of Florida," said Adovasio, former chairman of the University of
Pittsburgh's anthropology department."That is what makes this so
exciting."